pointing

To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it.

“It's rude to point at other people.”

To draw attention to something or indicate a direction.

“The arrow of a compass points north”

To face in a particular direction.

(sometimes figurative) To direct toward an object; to aim.

“to point a gun at a wolf, or a cannon at a fort”

To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end.

“to point a dart, a pencil, or (figuratively) a moral”

To indicate a probability of something.

To repair mortar.

To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it to a smooth surface.

(stone-cutting) To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool.

To direct or encourage (someone) in a particular direction.

“If he asks for food, point him toward the refrigerator.”

To separate an integer from a decimal with a decimal point.

To mark with diacritics.

To supply with punctuation marks; to punctuate.

“to point a composition”

To direct the central processing unit to seek information at a certain location in memory.

To direct requests sent to a domain name to the IP address corresponding to that domain name.

To sail close to the wind.

“Bear off a little, we're pointing.”

To indicate the presence of game by a fixed and steady look, as certain hunting dogs do.

(of an abscess) To approximate to the surface; to head.

To give point to (something said or done); to give particular prominence or force to.

To appoint.

The action of the verb to point.

(usually singular or collective, sometimes proscribed) Mortar that has been placed between bricks to hold them together.

The act or art of punctuating; punctuation.

The rubbing off of the point of the wheat grain in the first process of high milling.

The act or process of measuring, at the various distances from the surface of a block of marble, the surface of a future piece of statuary; also, a process used in cutting the statue from the artist's model.